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During the turbulent period of ten years, the party's leading cadres and intellectuals were subjected to innocent and unjust physical and mental torture and persecution, resulting in mischaracterization. As the core of the "Gang of Four" clique, Jiang Qing is known for her radical political stance and extreme actions, imposing her will on the party, creating a large number of unjust, false and wrong cases, and bringing immeasurable and huge losses to the party and the country. However, many of the things Jiang Qing did were inseparable from the assistance of one person, Kang Sheng, who had served as vice chairman of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Politburo Standing Committee. It was he who helped Jiang Qing enter Chairman Mao's life, made Jiang Qing the core of party politics at that time, colluded with Jiang Qing, and caused a series of sabotage incidents that endangered the stability of the party and the country.
In the turbulent years, the lives of Jiang Qing and Kang Sheng each experienced ups and downs, but they also met on the stage of history because of chance and the same ambition. Jiang Qing, formerly known as Li Yunhe, was born in 1914 in an ordinary carpenter family in Zhucheng, Shandong. In contrast, Kang Sheng was born into a wealthy family and was born in 1898. When Jiang Qing was a child, due to family difficulties, she left her hometown to turn her back on her relatives and then returned to Shandong to continue studying drama. Kang Sheng has always lived in a relatively privileged environment. Jiang Qing studied drama in her childhood and became a film actor, gradually accumulating a certain popularity, while Kang Sheng developed in the political field.
The two had a brief intersection in childhood, and Jiang Qing once passed by Kang Sheng's house on the way to school. This accidental hometown relationship laid the foundation for the emotional bond between them. However, with Jiang Qing's mother leaving the Kang Sheng family, the contact between the two was interrupted, and they each embarked on different life paths.
In 1937, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Jiang Qing arrived in Yan'an with his troops north, while Kang Sheng returned to Yan'an by plane from Moscow, and was appointed by the organization as the head of the Central Social Department and the president of the Party School. At this time, the two met again, Kang Sheng's status and influence increased in the party, while Jiang Qing gradually emerged on the stage of Yan'an.
Kang Sheng gradually noticed Jiang Qing's distinctive talent and personality and began to help her get closer to Chairman Mao. He arranged for Jiang Qing to go to the jujube orchard to play, creating more opportunities to contact Chairman Mao. Kang Sheng also arranged secret conversations, asking Jiang Qing to take care of Chairman Mao's daily life, clean Chairman Mao's bedroom and office, and provide him with care and affection. Jiang Qing readily agreed and became Chairman Mao's right-hand man. Kang Sheng's help and support enabled Jiang Qing to gradually rise to prominence and gain Chairman Mao's trust, and her status continued to rise.
However, the relationship between the two was not always harmonious. Jiang Qing's rise in politics began to show her personal will and ambition, and she disagreed with Kang Sheng over policy-making and treatment of other party members. This led to internal power struggles and competing interests. Chairman Mao harshly criticized Jiang Qing at a Politburo meeting, which awakened Kang Sheng and began to distance himself from Jiang Qing. He tried to find his footing in the political situation, establishing contacts with Premier Zhou and Deng Xiaoping, and seeking a way out for his political career.
Kang Sheng even raised himself to Premier Zhou when he was sick and bedridden, cared about Premier Zhou's condition, and took the initiative to report and expose the historical problems of Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao. Kang Sheng's changing attitude stemmed from consideration of his own destiny. He is keenly aware that Jiang Qing's fate is not destined to improve, so he tries to distance himself from Jiang Qing. Kang Sheng hopes to completely push Jiang Qing into the abyss by taking the initiative to expose the mistakes of Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao and others, and clear himself of guilt. He wants to maintain a good reputation and avoid being the object of everyone's contempt.
However, Kang Sheng's transformation did not last long. In 1975, at the age of 77, Kang Sheng died of illness, and the state held a grand funeral for him and buried him in Babaoshan Cemetery. After Kang Sheng's death, the organization reviewed and liquidated him, revealing his support and connivance for Jiang Qing and others. In 1980, the central government's review of Kang Sheng's issue concluded that Kang Sheng's case was overturned, he was expelled from the party, all honors were revoked, and his ashes were moved out of the Babaoshan Cemetery. Kang Sheng's transformation, though unexpected, did not bring him a historical wash, and his name is forever associated with the dark history of political struggle and abuse of power.
Despite some whistleblowing and revelations in the last stages of his life, he was still ultimately regarded as a sinner of history. Kang Sheng's ending shows the complexity of power and betrayal in political struggles. He became a much-despised figure in the long river of history, and his name was inscribed on the pillar of shame of history, leaving a profound warning. Kang Sheng's life taught people that the pursuit of power in political struggles requires caution and sobriety, otherwise it may eventually lead to an irreversible degeneration. History is always just, and only by respecting history and objective reality can we have a fair and upright life.
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